Bronze Age palstave axe, North of Langford (EHER 7698)

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Summary

Colchester Museum has a cast of a large and fine bronze palstave axe, found by workmen laying pipes for Langford Waterworks.

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Grid reference	TL 83 09 (point)
Civil Parish	LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Colchester Museum has a cast of a large and fine bronze Palstave, found by workmen when laying pipes for Langford Waterworks. The original could not be secured and no sense could be made of the men's account of the circumstances of the discovery. <1> <2> <3> NRHE data transfer: no new information.

Finds

PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 701 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL80NW21, 1976.
<2> SEX7282 Serial: Colchester Museum. 1944. Colchester Museum Report. p.11, photo.
<3> SEX5457 Graphic material: Colchester Museum. unknown. ILLUSTRATION Col Mus. Acc No 920.37.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by workmen at Langford Waterworks, North of Langford, before 1944 (EEX61813)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL80
NRHE identifier: 380836
National Monuments Record: TL 80 NW 21

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